The scathing report detailing the payments of U.S. Congress members to families was a gift to Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, a former El Paso city council member and Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the far Wes…
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Houston Airport System overlooks high-ranking employee’s blocking of public records request, lies to cover it up
A Houston Airport System official who withheld public records against the advice of city lawyers and then lied to cover up her misdeed was never sanctioned or disciplined, public records show.
Maria Fink, assistant director of human resources a…
State Rep. Vicki Truitt’s company secures no-bid contracts with Tarrant County Hospital District
A firm owned by state Rep. Vicki Truitt has received $350,000 since 2004 through no-bid deals and contracts with the Tarrant County Hospital District, including contracts that were signed by donors to her political fund.
Truitt is president of …
Missing, altered documents raise questions for auditors looking at Houston school district
Some documents went missing, and others were removed, altered and returned to the file for a contract with eight firms including Westco Ventures LLC — a company owned by a close friend of Trustee Paula Harris — an audit of the Houston …
Houston ISD officials pledge changes, more details on how companies are picked, following audit of procurement process
Houston schools Superintendent Terry Grier says the district will implement reforms recommended by an independent audit that questioned the level of transparency in the way the district buys goods and services.
Auditors suggested a range of ref…
Administrators avoid the budget scalpel at many Texas school districts
In a year when the Houston Independent School District lost 835 teaching positions, more than 400 by layoff, 21 administrative positions went away, less than half the teacher attrition rate.
The nearby Cypress-Fairbanks ISD shed 300 teaching po…
Larry Marshall – accused of bribery – seen as ‘living legend’ by HISD, effective advocate by constituents
Larry Marshall
The Houston school board doesn’t need a new ethics policy. It’s fine exactly the way it is. Just ask Larry Marshall.
No Houston school trustee has been more vocal than Marshall in opposition to the tighter ethics rules…
